It's taken me a very long time to realise this, but it's true...I'm free, I'm totally free to live my life in any way that I wish. I can degrade myself in any way I see fit, I can train myself in any way I desire, I can create rules for myself, I can break the rules I create, I can feel good about my life, I can feel bad about my life...but consistent with free choice...goddamit I'm free.

As a child of religion it took me many years to realise that I was free from sin; both original and the recurring variety, yet the legacy of religion seems to have left an ‘overseeing God'; a God that watches over me; guiding, even giggling but always keeping a watchful eye over my experience. But this is not true, you cannot have free choice with a giggle on the side...we are genuinely free...God is not watching.

God has given us this great gift of experience called earth, God has given us an entire world to do whatever we desire. If we do not like where we live...we can get up and start walking somewhere else. If we do not like our occupation or our friends or even our family...we can stand on our feet and start walking away...we are absolutely free to do whatever we want with our time on earth.

If you let your mind in on this proposition you will start to consider restrictions; barriers in our lives that stop us from doing exactly what we want, but of course the restrictions are ours, they are not in fact barriers, but mere mind-made consequences. You may end up in divorce court, you may end up on the street, you may end up penniless, but rest assured at the end of the day, you are free.

So why do we end up where we are, with whom we love and care about, why am I right here, right now? The answer...our heart, our heart or soul is our most valuable guidepost we possess for this grand experience called earth. Unlike your brain or mind...your heart never forgets the experiences that you have had in past lives. Your heart will tell you exactly where you want to be and who you want to be doing it with.

Your mind may tell you that you should be doing something else or doing it with someone else, but your heart has put you exactly where you are meant to be right now. It's not to say that you will never change your circumstances, but right now, right here, you are perfectly positioned in your life. Nobody in the world, including you can convince me that you are anywhere else in this world than being perfectly situated.

So how does it feel, to not only be free from sin, religion and doctrine...but to also finally be free from the all seeing and all knowing eye in the sky, God? The answer is GREAT and that's because that's the way God wanted it to be. Now I can tell you what I think God may or may not be, and you may or may not agree with me, but what we can both agree on is exactly what we are...and that is nature.  

Throughout the ages both men and women have concluded that nature is something attributed to the feminine. Whether it's as simple as using the term ‘mother nature' or delving deep into the mystical spiritualism of the ‘sacred feminine or divine goddess', when it comes to nature...the world is satisfied that the creative gift of God is the female essence.

The pentacle is a pre-Christian symbol that relates to Nature worship.

The ancients envisioned their world in two halves - masculine and feminine.

Their gods and goddesses worked to keep a balance of power.

Yin and yang.

When male and female were balanced, there was harmony in the world.

This pentacle is representative of the female half of all things -

A concept religious historians call the ‘sacred feminine' or the ‘divine goddess'

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

Many imaginative men and women have written about the grand feminine, words written on the idea seem to flow gracefully through our consciousness, barely leaving a mark on the reader, yet at the same time conveying a crystal clear understanding of the subject. Yet words at times seem superfluous when of course nature surrounds us each day, perhaps Lao Tzu knew this as he tried to leave the world without writing a single note.

It's amazing that from one side of the world in China, men and women were characterizing exactly the same thing that the Hebrew's were exploring on the other. And I at times wonder why this intrinsic world link isn't more evident upon its surface. I wonder why things seem so hard sometimes, why we have so much war, famine, injustice; imbalance.

Recently I have discovered that although there may be a myriad of emotions that we can experience as human beings, they can all easily be described as having only two foundations; love and fear. It now seems clear to me that when we love, there is no room for fear and when we feel truly free we have nothing but love in our hearts. And then I wonder why are we all not free?

The answer is that for most of us, being free scares the hell out of us. Not having someone or something to tell us what we can or cannot do is akin to individual anarchy. Not having a sin or a devil to blame for a human failing can be as scary as it is liberating. And this is why much of the world's population finds sanctuary in religion; institutions heavily laden in sin, guilt, devils or...fear.

Two very interesting facts come from our two neighbour planets Venus and Mars. When female Venus, representing love and beauty makes its way around the ecliptic it forms a perfect pentagram. The warring planet Mars representing male energy has two moons, they are named Phobos and Deimos and translate respectfully to the English words fear and terror.

When the world was forcibly converted to religion, there were only two ways to effectively convince the people, that were living and thriving in nature (on the land) that they needed anything more than the sun to rise in the morning and the night to fall in the evening; they used fear and terror. They were as subtle as introducing the fear of hell and as terrifying as burning the unconverted alive in front of their own.

A newly emerging power will take over existing symbols and degrade them over time in an attempt to erase their meaning.

 The wise crone's pointed hat became the symbol of a witch, and Venus's pentacle became a sign of the devil.

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

For two thousand years religion has dominated the world's landscape, the days of religious terror may be over for now but the fear is as strong as ever. The world's churches still warn their members against witches and pentagrams, still suggesting that they will be exposing themselves to nothing less than the devil himself. I regularly wonder how the Church has managed to maintain this grand charade in this day and age.

While people continue to choose fear over love the religious institutions of the world will still have their place in our society. And for that very same reason the world will continue to be dominated by the two fabled moons of Mars...Phobos and Deimos. But is there a change on the horizon? Not so much a change but a return to what we have always known, always cherished...are we returning to balance through the sacred feminine?

Then I saw heaven open, and there was a white horse.

It's rider is called Faithful and True;

it is with justice that he judges and fights his battles.

Revelation 19.11

As well as forming the perfect pentacle, Venus' ecliptic transit takes it on another very interesting path, in 2009 Venus will sit right on top of a fabled flying horse known as the constellation Pegasus. For those familiar with astrology you will know that Venus rules the astrological symbol Libra, a sign represented by the scales of Justice. Libra is also well associated with female attributes.

Could it be possible that as a last final insult to the sacred feminine, Venus' triumphant return to earth has been characterised as the male Messiah known as Jesus Christ? Are the men that wrote the defining book of religion, dogma and doctrine attempting to pull off the biggest switch in history? I suspect they are, and for some reason we have been left with a ‘Da Vinci Code' type clue for the spiritually observant.

In the final chapter of the final book of the Bible, there is a clear astronomical reference to the second coming of Jesus Christ. As much undeniable as the female participant sitting next to Jesus in Da Vinci's Last Supper...the final testament of the patriarchal monolith that is Christianity makes a striking ‘Christ Comparison' with the bright morning star, the morning star is of course none other than the divine planet Venus.

I am descended from the family of David;

I am the bright morning star.

The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come!"

Revelation 22.16-17

If any of the above is true, you can be certain that we are in for an interesting transition from one way of thinking to another. It is not difficult for the men in charge of this world to keep women safely in the background; they simple deny their own feminine elements. When they realise what they have done, they will fight, preferring to eclipse the earth with the moons of Phobos and Deimos than let this imbalanced world slip from their grip. 

Venus Pentagram

The creativeness of our hearts fools our minds into thinking that we are all on a stage, that we are all actors in a great big screen play, all waiting for that big scene; with the big bangs and an eternal line/quote that will ensure our own celluloid/historical relevance. But we couldn't be further from the truth, the writings of one man, mythical or historical it doesn't matter, ensured that I can never look for my Bruce Willis moment.

Lao Tzu is great for being so simple; his greatness is in his ordinary existence; respecting nature, surrendering to nature. Knowing Lao Tzu means that I reconcile everything I dream with the reality that I will never be happier than if I was sitting alone on a rock watching a slow moving stream. Dreaming to be something or someone bigger will invariably mean that I am auditioning for just another fictitious ‘Hollywood' part.

Why is this so? Because in smallness we become great, in anonymity will become known, by staying at the rear we are forced to the front. There are two speeds that we endure as human beings on this earth...one is the world's; where everything seems connected and the second is the earth's speed; nature, where we as individuals connect to the earth itself. They can be summarized as Hollywood and the stream.

...

Therefore, the Sage wants to remain behind,

But finds himself at the head of others;

...

Lao Tzu (TTC 7)

At this point it is easy to see the dual illusion that our mind will start to play, for example, "I am being humble, so it is time to move to the front.' And this is where thinking takes over from acting, not Hollywood acting, but the living type. In fact I suggest that all thoughts are nothing more than pictures that we keep in a photo album; we've been there, we were living, and for some reason we need a picture to prove it.

Could it be true? Could our actions actually be our true reality and our thoughts be mere photographs that we take in our mind to assure ourselves that we are in control? Could it be that no matter what we think, plan or devise for ourselves, it is irrelevant to our ever-developing reality and that no matter what I tell someone that I may want or need, there is always a chance that I will do or become the exact opposite?

What would happen if we stopped all this thinking and got down to just doing? For starters I believe the Hollywood auditions would instantly stop; whether you are auditioning for the role of successful, loving, sober father/husband of two perfect sporting/academic children or if you are auditioning to save the world either scientifically or philosophically with the next ‘big Oprah moment', they would all stop.

We are taught from a very young age that it is essential that we think our way through our day-to-day problems; that we devise solutions to the big and small issues that we face each day. Whether it is our parents dramatically pointing a finger at their head the first time we put a ball through a window or the dread of receiving our first big fat math text at school, the message is the same...it is now time to think.

Now's the time to think, think, think, think

When you have a problem...you must think

Look at all the clues...like the super sleuths' do

And just think, think, think!

My Friends Tigger and Pooh (Disney)

Ironically the same thing that causes us to start thinking in the first place may be the same thing that prevents us from stopping...fear. The fear of being ‘caught out' by our peers or even family members is enough to paralyse the most capable individual. It may surprise a lot of people but the most powerful learning statement that I know of, whether you are five or fifty years old...is ‘I don't know'.

Much like the climbing of the greatest mountain starts at the bottom, we must first acknowledge that we know nothing before we can start to attain anything. Thoughts, synonymous with anticipation and planning stop us from discovering new things about ourselves and others. Some people call them walls or barriers, but in reality we play a game with our peers that attempts to have us on the front foot of all our interactions.

The fact is that nothing beats experience/living, whether you are about to make your first coffee for a customer in a busy café or you're about to represents your first client after six years of law school; the feeling is always the same...you're scared out of your skin. I imagine that at the end of a life...we feel the same as we did after three months at the new job; ‘what was I so worried about?'

If we stopped thinking and stopped acting in roles that we think our peers want to see us in, I believe that we would quite simply astound ourselves. When we stop trying to impress, stop trying to have the right answer instead of our answer...we expose ourselves to something much more powerful than embarrassment...we are indeed learning. How we feel, although not as powerful or pleasant, may just be what really matters.

It's not a case of doing whats right,

It's just the way I feel that matters.

...

It's not a case of telling the truth,

Some lines just fit the situation.

Play for Today (The Cure)

Regularly we remind each other that at the end of our term we will not want to talk about how many hours we worked, how much money we had or how many cars we had...we are left with the simple desire to be close to the ones that we love. If we stopped thinking about this grand revelation and started living it each day, I am certain that we would realise that life is certainly not an audition, not even a dress rehearsal, it is simply...now.

For over a year now I have been carefully pushing a very unique idea, the idea is certainly not popular with the old school, but interestingly it doesn't seem too popular with the new school either...it's the idea of returning to a matriarchal society. The old school's position speaks for itself but it is the new school's screams for balance that I find the most challenging.

‘Balance'; through consultation and consideration the planet will strike a magical union of leadership, legally afforded rights to all. It's not going to happen, but not for the reason that you may think. It's not going to happen because men  need to be humbled, not just today's man, but tomorrow's man...man's DNA needs to be re-programmed over many generations.

Hundreds of generations of patriarchal rule; their banners of war, empire and banking have led to a world wide game of monopoly on steroids. Men take and take and then take some more and then when there is nothing left...they change position, change their name and then they start taking again. I have a sneaking suspicion that the lesson will be long, real long...a thousand years in fact.

When a young male child is born his DNA tells him he is a superior being to the girl in the opposite cot. Although it seems crazy, a child is destined to mimic the actions of his parents no matter how noble his education may be.  But each male child has an opportunity; he must humble himself to his Mother, his sister, his female co-workers, his wife and if he is lucky...his daughter.

I live in Australia where women are treated nicely; they have a nice paltry representation in parliament, they enjoy the same basic human rights as male Australians, they even enjoy some rights that men don't have, their wages are comparable but not the same, all reports suggest that they are relatively happy with their position in Australian society. Seems nice enough, everyone is pretty happy, on the road to equality...Wrong!

The fact that we have laws like affirmative action to correct the patent imbalance between women and men in the workforce is offensive. Whenever we enact laws to protect or increase women's rights...it is merely another slap in the face of a much more significant law, namely the law of nature. Contrary to millennia full of religious and political doctrine...natural law does not distinguish between men and women.

When we look at history we are generally able to establish a solid basis of male dominance in the modern Europeans world, however recent spiritually driven investigations are threatening to re-write much of what we know about other significant civilized parts of the world. China's matriarchal history is well established but it may very shortly joined by another great civilization...Egypt.

When Egypt was first discovered and conquered by the Greeks, they recorded volumes of historical fact outlining the now widely accepted concepts of Pharaoh Lineage. The Greeks looked at the Egyptian hieroglyphics with the eyes of men...what they saw staring back at them was not something that  they were prepared for and what was recorded by the original Greek historians has been accepted ever since.

However, it is a fact that the mythical character Isis' is hieroglyphically represented by the symbol of a throne. When combined by the recently discovered teachings of Egyptian elders, the tradition still alive today, it becomes clear that Osiris' authority was only that which was vested from Isis' throne, curiously also known as a footstool. It is now possible that Pharaoh lineage may have in fact rested with the woman.

It will be some time before the above developments are readily accepted by traditional Egyptian archeologists and historians, but as they say...the writing is certainly on the wall. So if there is a chance that matriarchal societies thrived back in Africa, the next natural question is...where did the break occur? When did the matriarchal system get replaced by today's traditional religious and political male dominated systems?

A clue may come from the mythical history  that we find in the first book of the Bible; Genesis. One particular story suggests that Abram travelled to Egypt with his wife Sarai; Abram was very wealthy, had lots of slaves and as the story goes, Sarai was a very fine woman indeed. When Abram arrives, he makes the most peculiar offer to the Egyptian Pharaoh, offering his wife as a concubine for Pharaoh's house.

When Abram declared to Pharaoh that Sarai was actually his sister instead of his wife Abram is saved from persecution and as a successful man he is able to enjoy the many blessings as a guest of Pharaoh. The story continues that it was entirely Pharaoh's fault that Abram's wife found herself in his care and Abram, before he leaves with more than what he arrived with, gives Pharaoh a few plagues for his troubles.

This particularly juicy account of Hebrew and Egyptian mythical history provides a deep insight into the attitudes of the Abrahamic faith towards women. For some reason it was satisfactory to treat women as second class citizens in the interest of safety and wealth. The Old Testament is littered with distrustful women leading great men astray, lots of prostitutes; throughout women are rarely recorded as being citizens let alone equals.

The book of Ezekiel is another interesting testament of the Abrahamic God. The majority of Ezekiel is concerned with the construction of a great temple but other than that it is confronting diatribe from the God of Abraham against the filthy whore that is his daughter...Israel. The final disturbing insult is a declaration that he should have expected such a whore because her mother was no better.

You can call it metaphors and symbolism if you like but more than anything it is another example of the God of Abraham giving the feminine sex another flogging. Ezekiel seems to be  the peak of a spiteful and pre-mediated campaign against women which started all the way back in the first book when women were held responsible for the original of original sins...wisdom.

Which leads us to a very important point; this unnatural eternal insult against women has nothing to do with the Hebrew race. Many people know that the Hebrews cherished their women, so much so that ancient Jewish scribes used the Greek word Sophia to describe God's creative power. Sophia or wisdom is the most beautiful of all ideas and many would argue that it is the same concept as the ancient Chinese feminine philosophy Te of Tao.

If you are a white descendant of the United Kingdom, including the United States you are more than likely a descendant of Abraham. If you are a circumcised male, theoretically you are considered to be a child of Abraham. The laws, morals and ethics of most Western countries are governed by principles underpinned by both the Old Testament and New Testament.

What this means is that this unfortunate Abrahamic philosophy towards women is deeply entrenched into much of what we consider to be the modern world. The modern world ironically prides itself on a combination of human and property rights afforded usually to both women and men. What I suggest though, is that the rights afforded to women have actually had a negative impact on achieving their original natural entitlement.  

So what can man expect in the next thousand years, while we learn how to be human again, how can it be done? Rest assured that the reform will be nothing short of astonishing. Recently I have learnt about a man called Elijah, he is quite popular at the moment because his character resonates very strongly with ‘end times' prophecy. But the line that I found interesting has not much to do with the popular ones.

While Elijah is known for overseeing the slitting of people's throats and the burning of people in the name of some heavenly justice, a small pleasant passage suggests that far removed from the fire and brimstone, Elijah shall turn men towards their children. Could it be that the new Elijah is going to usher in a new age by getting men to pick up their children and look into their hearts in the hope that they may find their own?

So what are you like at 'washing up' boys? Changing nappies? Feeding and bathing the children? Some men are already finding out. My wife works full-time while I stay at home with our daughter and I'm not the only one. For every five or so women that I see at ‘Swing Park' (not to be confused with ‘New Park' or ‘Old Park'), I see one bloke with his nappy bag hanging from his shoulder.

Now if I can evolve into a human being; and a blood thirsty Elijah has become a modern day inspirant for men to embrace the great feminine, who's to say that Abraham hasn't evolved as well? Some will tell you that that is exactly who Jesus and Hillel represented; an evolved Abraham. For me it is the question of all questions, perhaps time will tell, but for now...it's time for a quick ride to Old Park and then it's time to get dinner ready.

But before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes,

I will send you the prophet Elijah.

He will bring fathers and children together again;

Otherwise I would have to come and destroy your country.

- Malachi

There is nothing you can tell me that can convince me that you are anything more than a figment of my own imagination.

Why?

Because I will never be able to consider your proposal with anything other than my own imagination.

1. Declare neutrality
2. Pull out all troops/police from all foreign lands
3. Pull out of the United Nations
4. Pull out  of all diplomatic agreements
5. Return to a 'Precious Metal' Standard of Currency
6. Pull out of the Commonwealth
7. Replace the philosophy of economic growth with national sustainability
8. Replace fossil fuels with geo, wind, water and solar power
9. Outlaw usury/fractional lending
10. Abolish the State Governments
11. Abolish Tax Relief for Religious Institutions
12. Replace the Court System with Tribunals
13. Outlaw the Corporation
14. Abolish Donations to Political Parties/Government

Chapter 1 - The Secret Life on Earth - Part 1

With one small key in my hand I have opened the biggest door that I know of...with this small piece of information in my hand I was finally able to understand the why and how of so many things...including the eternal question of humanity...the meaning of life on earth. I know for a fact that this small piece of information is shared by thousands of people around the world. It is not something that can be taught, nor can it be gifted to another...but once learnt it forms the basis of a person's human reality. The secret is simple...You are a Star.

You are a star, a sun in fact; you along with everyone else that you know on earth share this universal truth. When you look outside into the night sky there is a very good chance that you are in fact standing in your cosmic presence. Do not be confused...this is not symbolism, metaphor or allusion...inside you, in that place that we call a person's soul, is the essence of your Sun. Needless to say...you are powerful beyond human measure, you are as bright as the morning dawn, you create life like midday light and you are as peaceful as evening dusk.

What a day today.

There are two Suns rising!

What a day,

Not like any other day.

Look!

The Light is shinning in your heart,

The wheel of life has stopped.

Oh you who can see into your own heart,

What a day, This is your day.

-Rumi

The next natural question is...what on earth am I doing here? Just as simple as the first proposition...you are of course growing. Much like a child chooses their parents, you chose to be here and much like a child chooses when he or she will be born, you arrived exactly when you wished. As a star, your essence has arrived at this planet for two purposes...one is to grow or evolve and two is quite simply to get off. As much fun as it is enjoying the vast wonders of this fascinating world...it's guaranteed that one day, your spirit will indeed want to get off.

Anyone that has had the opportunity to delve into Eastern Philosophy may be aware of something known as the Wheel of Life and Death. Within the concept of the wheel lies two concepts; evolution of the soul and entrapment during the experience. Simply, the Masters of the Eastern cultures realised that salvation was within the grasp of each individual's soul and that the spirit world is where we come from and where we return. The proponents of this idea are certain that an individual is restricted from reaching the spirit world until they understand the spirit world link while on earth.

Naturally another question may now be posed...who is this Sun? For lack of a better word...he is God. The earth and the experience is the result of the Sun's grand manifestation, he or she owns the dice, the pieces and the rules. Although the Sun may own the pieces; human beings...he does not own the souls that give the pieces life. In fact the Sun exercises no dominion over the souls of the inhabitants...a concept known as free choice. Every now and then the owner of the game occasionally calls for a new deck and this clearing of the board is what I personally feel the need to explore further.

The term God expressed here is relevant only to the extent that the Sun is God over his or her dominion, in this case...everything that moves around the closest star, the Sun. With respect to the rest of the universe, I adopt a well-held and respected position, one shared with the Chinese Master Lao Tzu...I have no interest in exploring the Eternal God/Tao while here on earth...I see no reason to attempt to make sense of an idea that must far exceed my human intelligence. I experience the eternal through what is known simply as Tao or Sophia, and this peace guides me to ask no more here on earth at this point.

Tao can be talked about, but not the Eternal Tao

Names can be named, but not the Eternal Name.

As the origin of heaven-and-earth, it is nameless:

As "the Mother" of all things, it is nameable.

...

Lao Tzu

Our essence or spirit which represents our star here on earth carries with it an internal drive, far removed from mere animal instinct...it is intuition. Much like the single item that a contestant takes to an island, our intuition, soul or heart represents everything about our cosmic being; our body may be the combination of our parents physical and emotional experiences, DNA, but it is our heart or soul that is all our own. Each time we initiate an experience on earth, we are given a brand new opportunity and if lucky, some kind soul will offer the following suggestion...follow your heart.

The reason a thoughtful person offers this advice is because deep down our only guide to life is our heart. Both our brain and body are new...we begin our new adventure as a helpless new born child...our brain will learn whatever it is demonstrated, but our heart/intuition or soul brings with it lessons learnt from presumably countless experiences from the universe; our heart never forgets. When the heart is coupled with natural instinct, we possess the two essential elements that allow us to explore and discover the great wonders of God's manifestation as humans.

As children we enjoy the instant and eternal gratification of the moment; unbound by expectation or planning we sub-consciously engage the magical essence of our environment. As we get older expectations tend to pile upon our intuition...if we are lucky our parents provides us with the most beneficial gift of all...space. If we are unlucky, the gross expectations of adulthood can be thrust upon us well before we are capable of adequately responding. Certain in every experience is an opportunity to be re-born...not by faith but by our very own liberating soul.

Invariably you receive an invitation from the universe...the tone is quiet yet assuring, subtle but certain and it is often found in the depths of humility. The natural hum or energy of the earth attracts that which is in you waiting to be set free. Its cadence is slow and patient, its plans are made in the moment yet it prepares us for any encounter, physical or mental. Upon acceptance you will abdicate your worldly experience; rejecting the dual purpose learnt since leaving childhood. In Chinese it is known as Tao, in Hebrew they call her Sophia and it is wisdom.

Salvation is free, but not a gift.
If you search for it, it will elude you.
There is a door, but it is left unlocked.
There is no cost, but you will be left with nothing.
You can possess it, but cannot share it.
It's inside you, but it isn't you.

-GDW

Realising the spirit or wisdom of God is not the end of the game; instead I see it more as a beginning. Every door that you open is new, every day that you start is your own, curiously the liberation creates unsettling feeling of loneliness. However in loneliness we find responsibility, responsibility for every feeling, experience, disagreement, every encounter that we have while here on earth. Instead of creating the world that we live in, trying to build or become; we find ourselves simply trying to get out of the way. With no expectation, plan or path...our hearts dictate every moment of our existence.

It is impossible to close the door on this awareness, no matter how hard you try you can never go back inside the womb of delusion. The heart is attracted to the light of the new experience, the light is truth and your search for truth begins. The breadth of your search will be determined by your circumstances...who you are, where you live, what you are part of...basically why am I here? Because every experience that you have from this point is so important...your past experiences start to fascinate you. Every song you've ever heard, partner you've ever had, food you've ever eaten, scent you're ever smelt...

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful Wife
And you may ask yourself-well...how did I get here?

- David Byrne (Talking Heads)

With the shinning white light of truth now within your heart and with half a lifetime of experiences to inspire you, your path becomes clear whilst remaining undefined. With a knowing sense of purpose everything in your life seems significant, people, books, even memories, yet at the same time...your independence starts to create space for your own creativity. Being free of expectation, others begin to expect less of you...but at the same time they seem to get more of what's important. The distant significance of things allows the individual to experience everything in their focus but without ownership.

Another major event that occurs during the second-birth is that time, date and age become irrelevant. For the first time in your life, the term immortal seems to ring true, if there is no sense of tomorrow or yesterday but merely this moment have we not found in a way - immortality. I don't know who or what I will be tomorrow...what I was yesterday albeit intriguing has no affect on what or where I may be tomorrow...I may be dead in the very next moment...it does not concern me...it is out of my realm of consciousness...could mortality quite possibly be irrelevant to my experience?

With time on your hands, purpose and space, whatever you did as a child, you will start to do again...you will paint, draw, write, play or speak to communicate the truth that you uncover. Instead of looking for answers you will require mere information to formulate your own ideas and concepts. You will become a pioneer in your chosen field, occasionally you will fall out of your new zone...but soon enough you will identify the breaks that your body and mind require to be at their optimum...you start to sit in your quiet times...embracing the great hum that opened the magical door of life.

You never re-learn what you have learnt...your mind at times will slip back into old habits but your heart will have nothing of it. You cannot go back to where you are because the lesson has been learnt. You couldn't read one of the great mystery books if you tried. All you need to do is sit in the moment or even walk in nature and your heart will start to find its natural flow and rhythm again. With responsibility you find no one to blame for your highs and lows, you understand for the first time cute childish sayings, like when a person makes you angry...its usually got more to do with you than them.

You use a fish trap to catch a fish,

Once the fish is caught,

You may throw away the trap.

-Chuang Tzu

You never stop learning, stop growing, evolving but you stop relying on third party material to realise your destiny. The simple concept of wu wei or non action is best practiced in every day actions. When we wash up, clean up, hang clothes on the line...when a good house keeper (me) can accomplish these tasks without plan or even thought, they are hanging out little pieces of Tao, sending the energy of the chore flowing back into the universe, balanced and unaffected. Man does the same things that man always did...it is how he does it that defines his individual experience.

You are free, you are fearless and in due course you will define the purpose of your destiny...do you know who you are? You are a star, a sun...a god in fact. Indeed you are...not on earth but in the great universe. Where your star shines bright you are a God, you are the creator of a solar system, with your thoughts and feelings perhaps you are creating a similar plane of consciousness just as the sun did some time ago. The dreams that you dream, dreams without expectation or limitation, without the restriction of time may be shifting tons of cosmic dust and rock somewhere out there in the stars.

This is the extent of the universe...this is the spiritual plane that you are a part of. You are here on earth having the experience of a lifetime...you are eating, drinking, singing, laughing, writing, drawing, painting, playing, enjoying sex...enjoying a family. Which begs the question...why do we have war, famine, hatred, rape...the answer is simple. Earth is not a test, there is nothing to win, you will not be marked at the end of your tenure, you can chose to have a good time or a bad time...you can get off whenever you want.

Just as you chose to come here and experience earth...you can chose when it is time to get off. You can not end your time on earth voluntarily because that contradicts the original purpose of your arrive; your cosmic intention...any attempt to do so will surely lead to the issuing of a new playing piece to try again. But you can liberate your soul when you ‘step', you can do it the fiery red colour of Mars...representing fear and dread; resulting in war and famine or you can liberate your soul in the feminine peace and utopia of Venus; the environment is not important...it's the wisdom and belief that counts.

Did you know that on earth there is no such thing as good and evil? This great paradox can be proven without a shadow of a doubt with the following example. If someone comes between my daughter and I, putting her in danger...I know that I will act...in that short space I will not consider good or evil, I will simply and naturally act without a single thought. If the thought of good and evil doesn't exist in that moment in time, then both science and reason will tell you both good and evil does not exist at all. So where does the concept of good and evil, heaven and earth come form?

If you're a descendant of the United Kingdom, then your concept of good and evil, heaven and earth can be traced all the way back to a Biblical character named Abram. There are at least two ways that you can be born of spirit on earth...one is to discover and follow the natural flow of the earth; the second is via the Ancient Mystery Schools of Egypt. The original Mystery Schools of Egypt started in the Sun monument known as the Great Pyramid, and you can trace their practices all the way up to the present day with a group of people known as the Freemasons. Abram came from the later.

But there was a famine in Cannan:

And it was so bad that Abram went south to Egypt,

to live there for a while.

Because of her (Sarai) the Pharaoh treated Abram well

and gave him flocks of sheep and goats

cattle, donkeys, slaves and camels.

- Genesis 12

On the eve of the great equinox, I stand ready to close the books of wisdom. As Chuang Tzu said; what use is the fish trap, after the fish is caught.

I shall endeavour upon my path with the two great gifts of my Lord. As a stay at home father I am kept in the ever glowing presence of my beautiful child Amelia.

She teaches me the timeless laws of patience, humility and compassion. She wakes my soul with her energy and her fascination, she wakes in me...me.

I thank God for his great manifestation; for the grand opportunity that Amelia and I have to walk hand in hand along his great path; nature.

I praise you for all your glory and celebrate the great harvest that is your earth. I thank you for the opportunity to realise myself as a star in the great wonder that is the void.

I come from the void and I am ready to return to the void.

Thank you.

:)

In 2008, the Chinese year of the Rat, I've been enjoying reading the books of Judaism. I recently learnt that the first five books of the Bible are in fact known as the Torah. The Torah is the most sacred and precious book of Judaism, in fact each Torah is hand written and unlike most old books they are never thrown out or destroyed. Some people even say that Jesus was sentenced to death for trying to steal a copy of the Torah from the temple in Jerusalem.

What I have learnt more than anything else about Judaism, is that they had a prophet-like person that delivered a message, pretty much around the same time that Jesus was preaching his message of truth. The person's name was Hillel, his extraordinary message was pretty much, ‘The Torah can be broken down into two rules, respect God and love your neighbor, the rest is just comment'. As soon as I found this, I felt as though I had found an ally in Judaism.

Now as many people probably know, I don't mind a bit of conspiracy theory, in fact I suggest that there is probably as much truth in conspiracy theories as there is in the books that we were taught with at school. A lot of conspiracy theory on the internet is concerned with Judaism or Jews. As much as the news gives us their daily bite size parcels of information concerning the Israel/Palestinian conflict, the internet provides a return volley of voluminous opinion regularly accompanied with a generous dose of venom.

But after reading about Judaism, their strong families and their matriarchal households; which is all very appealing, I started to wonder...If Israel isn't run by real Jews? Who is running it? There is no way that the Jews of the Judaist faith are running Israel. Israel is without a doubt one of the most secretive, militaristic, human rights violators in the world. I suspect that at the time of the Iraq invasion in 2003, that there were probably just as many if not significant breaches of UN resolutions owned by Israel as owned by Iraq.

In addition to the above, Israel have the biggest undeclared nuclear arsenal in the world. While the world badgers countries of the Middle East about ambitions of creating just one nuclear warhead, Jerusalem is one of four nations that are not members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, of which Tehran and Damascus are. Besides the hypocrisy of Western powers that openly support the Israel governments and foreign lobbies, the question begs to be asked; if Jews are not running Israel? Who is?

The answer is much simpler than you would expect; the two governments that are running the state of Israel are the United Kingdom and the United States. How could this be possible? To understand this you need to go back to the start of Israel's current incarnation, and after that you need to go back all the way to the Bible to understand why England has a Royal bloodline which goes all the way back to King David, who is of Judah, of Jacob (Israel), of Isaac and finally Abraham.

When people see the phrase ‘September 11', their mind automatically jumps to 2001, and that fateful day when we're told that a dozen or so Arabs successfully hijacked four aircraft and flew them into American landmarks. But if you are an Arab, there is a very good chance that you relate the date of September 11 with an event that occurred much earlier that 2001. On September 11, 1922 an amendment was made to the British Mandate of Palestine, to include the establishment of a Jewish state.

This Mandate was the United Kingdom's first public acknowledgement of their plans to establish a Jewish state right in the middle and on top of Arab land. It was only in the aftermath of the first Great War that the United Kingdom, basking in their victory and asserting some power from the newly established League of Nations; that the United Kingdom was able to even suggest such a bold plan. The amended mandate over Palestine remained in place up until the Arab-Israel War in 1948.

Now between the time of 1922 and 1948, I couldn't say for certain, but I'm pretty sure that the Jewish Rabbis were not planning a mass invasion of Palestine and the setting up of a national government. The Jewish Rabbis more than most would have felt vindicated by the setting up of Israel in 1948, but they were as bound as any Jew by the two golden rules handed down to them nearly two thousand years ago by Hillel, which included love your neighbor.

If the Jewish Rabbis and the peaceful God fearing Jewish families were unable to forcibly set up their Jewish State, one has to look at who politically, conceived the idea in 1922. Now once the State of Israel was set up, the British and their World War Two successor in arms the United States had to start encouraging Jews to settle in the new state. The only way this was possible, was by massive grants and loans from the United States of America.

Who could blame the Jews? Who could blame the Rabbis for wanting their temple back? Who could blame the Jewish families for wanting a place to call their home? Who could blame the world for wanting to right the atrocities committed in the War? It was all to perfect, so perfect that both innocent Jews and Palestinians have been paying with their collective blood from the very first day that the United Kingdom and United States sponsored nation was set up

So where did the United Kingdom's audacity and authority come from, how on earth could they have believed that they were entitled to the Israeli state right on top of the Arab's oil rich land? To understand this you need to understand the bloodline of the English Royal Family. We are told that the British Royal family can trace their bloodline all the way back to the Old Testament; astonishingly starting all way back to Abraham and all the way up to Queen Elizabeth II.

The Judah bloodline is known as the Lion, there are numerous references throughout the Old and New Testament; needless to say the Royal Family is well represented with this symbol. But from Judah, we have David, to Solomon, Zedekiah, Princess Tamah-Tephi, Irish Royals, Scottish Royals, the Stewarts, the Hanoverians, the Saxe Coburgs, King George, King George VI and finally Queen Elizabeth II. Some very long jumps indeed, but this is the story.

If you need to understand how important this blood line is to the Royals of the United Kingdom, you need only consider the following story. As the heir apparent was put to bed as a child she would have been told a story by her father that every other heir to the throne would have been told. If Jesus Christ returned to the world during her reign as Queen, she would be required to step aside and make way for the Messiah to take his throne as a descendant of King David.

Do you think the Queen took this story seriously, well if the next story is anything to go by, perhaps she did. Because when her coronation came in 1953, apparently all hell broke lose when something couldn't be found. That item was not her favorite Scepter or Golden Orb; it was the Stone of Scone or Jacob's Pillow. Jacob's Pillow enjoyed the very same path as the Royal bloodline from Israel; arriving originally in Ireland, moving to Scotland before finally being stolen by Edward the First for English coronation ceremonies.

Rumors abound of the whereabouts of the stone before the coronation of the Queen, but what the incident revealed was that the Queen took very seriously the stories that her Father had told her as an infant. How was she going to abdicate her title and throne to Jesus Christ if she was never rightfully declared a Queen in the absence of Jacob's Royal stone? But more importantly what this demonstrates is the grandest of connections between the Old Testament, Judah (Israel) and the Royal Family of the United Kingdom.

And what it means is that the United Kingdom believed in 1922 that it had a right to possess that land known as Palestine. And that in 1948 it was blessed by God in supporting the Arab-Israeli War and subsequent establishment of the Jewish state of Israel. But I can tell you that many participants of this prophetic development know that their homes are built on the blood of innocent men and women. And more than anyone else, the Jewish Rabbis could tell you that the setting up of the Israel is in direct contravention of the two golden rules handed down to them by Hillel nearly two thousand years ago.

Many of you may know that the Chinese calendar follows a sixty year cycle; apparently the events that shaped the world sixty years ago have a very funny way of rearing their head again sixty years later. Sixty years ago in the Year of the Rat, amongst international turmoil and turbulence Israel was established as a nation state. I suggest that the 2008 version of the Rat will have similar international turmoil and turbulence, and I have a sneaking suspicion that it will have a lot to with what was established in the 1948 version. 

I know the evil things said against you by those who claim to be Jews but are not; they are a group that belongs to Satan.

A message from Christ to Smyrna
Revelation 2:9

Jacobspillarstone

To unearth the original foundations of Empire, like everything else that matters in this world, we must first travel back to at least the time of ancient Egypt. The Egyptian myth, instead of the true story of Isis and Osiris from Egypt is not only responsible for ideas like resurrection, blessed virgin and good and evil; it is also responsible for the idea of human enslavement or Empire.

The myth that Osiris was killed by Set; whom represents the distinction between good and evil, meant that Osiris was venerated as a dead spirit instead of the green colored living child of Ra that he originally was. As a dead spirit he was worshipped with the name Banebdjed or Ba, which means spirit god, and it followed that Osiris was then mistakenly worshiped as a god of power or inherited authority.

What this meant for Egypt was that regal authority was now worshipped as a power received from the gods themselves. Banebdjed, symbolised hieroglyphically with a Ram's head, meant that Osiris automatically became a symbol of the Ram. Combined with his original symbols of a crook and flail; as in a shepherd leading a flock; god given authority over people was born and the term Empire soon followed.

Now Empire can be achieved by using three tools, one is war, two is religion and three is by tribute or enslavement with money. All empires are the same, whether you look at Greece, United Kingdom or the United States. All empires have slaves, whether they are willing or unwilling; the common people at some point lose their liberty and freedom when they are told what they can or cannot do.

As the story goes, Egypt became a grand old empire, with slaves, predetermined employment for citizens and a successful system of authority. The great escape from the Egyptian Empire by a group believed to be God's chosen people provides the basis of much of what is written in the Bible. The people became what is known as the twelve tribes of Israel, but are also described as the twelve stars of Israel.

All empires appear to wane or result in a catastrophic collapse; the reasons are multifarious but regularly include a decaying army or a failed monetary system. Even today we are witnessing the collapse of an Empire. Today it is the United States Empire, with its aging and tiring armed forces and a paper fiat currency that was unconstitutionally decoupled from gold back in 1971.

There is one Empire though that seems to have stood the test of time; its roots can be traced all the way back to Alexander the Great. There appears to be a clear lineage of succession lasting well over two thousand years all the way up to the present day. Which Empire is it? The Greek Empire is the one Empire that can establish a line of success all the way to the present day.

The period of Alexander the Great is also known as the Hellenistic period, during this time the Greek Empire expanded through Mesopotamia and Persia. Mesopotamia is Greek for between the two rivers and includes modern day countries such as Iraq. Persia is now known as Iran. The two areas; Mesopotamia and Persia play as much of a role in Empire today as they did during the Hellenistic period.

But what happened to the Greek Empire and how on earth can they have a lineage to the present day? Historically the Greek Empire was succeeded by the Roman Empire after the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC. But the Roman Empire had much respect for Greece; philosophical debates were always spoken in Greek, failure to speak Greek was seen as a failure to know power.

The Roman Empire was eventually established in Byzantium, which was later known as Constantinople after the Roman Emperor Constantine. Constantinople was known as the seat of the Roman Empire until its demise in 1453, when it became part of the Ottoman Empire. More recently Constantinople was renamed Istanbul after the fall of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War.

But something quite remarkable happened when the Byzantine Roman Empire fell in 1453; Russia put their hand up and said; all that is under Byzantine is now Russia. And they were deadly serious, to understand how serious their announcement was, one only needs to take a look at the old Byzantine coat of arms and Russia's current coat of arms; they are exactly the same except for one astonishing detail.

In addition to the two headed eagle, right in the middle is a blue and white man upon a horse taking to the heart of a Dragon with a long spear. Of course blue and white are the colors of Greece and we will get to the impaled Dragon later. Now Biblically Greece has always been known as the Goat. And as suggested from ancient Egyptian history, Empire has for a very long time been known as the Ram.

Now there is a very interesting story that has been around for centuries that involves a Ram and a Goat. The original story suggests that the Goat will defeat a Ram which includes the two Empires, Media and Persia. Now this story rings true for Greece' success in taking Mesopotamia and Persia during the Hellenistic period of Alexander's reign, but are we about to witness the very same cycle in human history all over again?

When the United States took Iraq in 2003, they may have started this age old story all over again. With the United States building the biggest embassy in the world within Iraq and with talk about a one hundred year occupation, the parallels are crystallizing at an uncomfortable rate. With the United States, the United Kingdom et al all pushing for further sanctions against Iran, it seems likely that a conflict is inevitable.

At this point we should look at which major superpower is not pushing for further sanctions; and that of course is Russia. If the United States and the United Kingdom do invade and defeat Iran without Russia's consent, I'm afraid the consequences may be catastrophic. Because not only is Russia not consenting, they are in fact helping build the nuclear reactors in Iran that are the very reason behind the current sanctions.

If the United States ends up taking possession of both Iraq and Iran, the whole area will be powerless to stop it. With Israel's nuclear weapons and the United States vast army situated all around the Middle East and Europe, America will think they are safely within the seat of power. And from the United Kingdom's track record, I also suspect that they will be right behind the United States in support.

Russia will be left with two choices; they can either watch the United States pull themselves out of another bankruptcy (the first being in 1971) by pillaging the world's major oil and water reserves of Iraq and Iran or they can strike. If the age old story involving Greece, Media and Persia is correct, then I expect Russia to strike both Iran and Iraq; totally decimating the US army which will be concentrated within the two areas.

The Russian coat of arms provides a startling account of how long ago this great battle started and makes me think how closely the United Kingdom is associated with the United States. And it makes me think about the United States' coat of arms, which has an eagle and thirteen stars on it, and it makes me think how long Israel, the original twelve star state will last if the thirteenth star is destroyed by Russia in Iraq and Iran.

And all this is going to happen because they got the myth wrong when they tried to account the great story of Osiris, Isis and Horus; a story of greatness; when God created a representative on earth in Horus. A story polluted and ruined by people that saw an opportunity to seize power with war, religion and money. A claim of regal authority and power over the people called Empire.

Russia

Byzantine Rome